Improvement in tag-fastenings



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IMPROVEMENT IN TAG-FASIENINGS.

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TO ALL WHOINI IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, NATHAN M. PHILLIPS, of the'city and county of New York, in Vthe State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hook-Tags; and I do hei'eby declare that the following is o full and exact description thereof. l

My invention relates to the means of retaining the hoole` iu the bule of cloth or other goods to whichthe` tag is to be attached.

I employ a guard, peculiarly constructed and arranged,l in combination with av sharp hook, and with e.

`shifting ring, which ring and guard 'not in such relation to each other and to the hook as to insure the firm holding of the hook-tag in the goods" so long es such use shell be required, andallovvits ready removal and re-use when necessary. f A

I will first proceed to describe vvhatIl consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will after- ,wards designate the points which I believe to be new therein. The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 isa view of the hook. and tag complete, with the guard closed. 'Figure 2 shows the same, with the ring shifted andthe guard open. In this condition the hook may be easily inserted in goods, ordetached therefrom.

Figure 3 shows the hook inserted in a piece of goods.

Figure 4 shows the guard in position for retaining thehook immovably in the goods. It isheld fast by the aid of the ring, which has been changed in position, as indicated.

I n either position the ring prevents the tag from'becoming detached from the Wire.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures. .Tints are employed merelyfto oid in d istinguishing thcparts, and do not necessarily'imply differences of material.

Ads-the sharp point, B the main bend, Owthe shank, D the eye or loop, which carries 'the teg, and E a guard, the whole being formed of one piece of hard brass, o r other suitable Wire. Gr is the teg proper, and H is a `loop or ofval ring, which is movable, andasit is shifted from one position izo-another it becomes either merely a means of holding the teg upon 'the wire, or an eiicicnl. means of also locking the guard in position to keep the hook in the goods: When ring II is -shifted into the position shown in tig. 2, the guard is open and the hook may be readily attached.

' -After the hook is properly inscrtedin the cloth or other goods, represented by M in iig. 3, the guard E is pressed down' by the thumb and finger, or by other' means, by the operator, and theshifting ring II is moved out `to the position shownin fig. 4, where it is allowed to remain. In this letter condition thehook is firmly locked, and cannot be removed until the ring is shifted.

It will be observed-thatlthe guard lE is not straight. flhercis n. bend at the point e', where the ring H is held, and prevented from slipping endwise on the spring when' the tag is in use. There is also a recess at the point indicated by e,'wliicli receives the rng- H, and prevents it from moving endwise to any considerable extentwiien the h ook is out ofiuse. rIhe ring II willreuiain in either position to which it is adjusted by the hand; v

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is as follows: l'

I claim the within-describedhool A B C, bend or loop D, guard E, and shifting ring H, combined and arranged for `joint operation relatively tomthe tag G and' to the goods M, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto ,set my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I Y N. M. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

W. C.'DnY,' F. M. ADAMS. 

